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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔬For his work in #AgingResearch and his efforts to raise awareness about #prevention and #HealthyAging, @bjornschumacher.bsky.social was nominated for the German Mecial Award. uni.koeln/WKK26
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Björn Schumacher Has Been Nominated for the German Medical Award
Prof. Björn Schumacher has been nominated for the prestigious German Medical Award for his work at the CECAD Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Aging and Aging-associated Diseases. The CECAD Speaker has...
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We're kicking off October with our traditional "CGA Welcome Days" for our new PhD students from the Class of 2026 and our five new CGA Master Fellows. We hope you all enjoy the tour around sunny Cologne today!☀️ @ageingbetter.bsky.social @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social
The picture features our CGA students from the Class of 2026 alongside our five new Master Fellows during their tour through Cologne.
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 New @natcomms.nature.com paper from #CRC1678's Petra Beli reveals coordinated proteome rewiring during senescence, including chromatin depletion, translation loss, mitochondrial insolubility, and proteostasis remodeling into a distinct signature. 🥳 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Quantitative proteomics reveals coordinated changes in the proteome during replicative senescence - Nature Communications
Senescence involves a massive reorganization of cellular components. This study shows that changes in ribosomal proteins and the ubiquitin-proteasome system are distinctive features of replicative sen...
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Universität zu Köln @unicologne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🎉 We are excellent The #UniCologne has succeeded with its proposal “Neue Universität: Continuous Change – Successful Renewal” and has been awarded the status of a ‘University of Excellence’ as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments ➡️uni.koeln/SWUK7
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 New @cp-cellreports.bsky.social paper from #CRC1678 member @muellerrom.bsky.social maps real‑time kidney metabolic responses. Oxidative stress triggers rapid rewiring, and amino acids enhance antioxidative defenses in a sex‑dependent manner. 🥳 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Redirecting
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔬✨ Meet our CGA Host Labs – Part 1! This week, we're introducing the labs offering PhD projects in our current CGA call. Today: Jens Brüning, Zachary Frentz & Anna Poetsch. 🔗 www.ageing-grad-school.de/phd/host-lab... @mpiage.bsky.social, @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social, @cecad.bsky.social
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔬✨ Meet our CGA Host Labs – Part 3! Today’s three groups: Tatiana Korotkova, Björn Schumacher & Lukas Steuernagel. 🎬 More CGA Host Labs coming soon! 🔗 www.ageing-grad-school.de/phd/host-lab... @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social, @cecad.bsky.social
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔬✨ Meet our CGA Host Labs – Part 2! Today’s three groups offering PhD projects: Achim Tresch, Anne Schaefer & Marc Tittgemeyer 🎬 More labs coming soon! 🔗 www.ageing-grad-school.de/phd/host-lab... @mpiage.bsky.social, @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social, @cecad.bsky.social
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ITCC_UniKoeln @unikoelnit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hier ist auch schon unser letzter Beitrag zu UzKGPT. Wir freuen uns auf die weitere Zukunft und halten Euch auf dem Laufenden! #ki #uniköln #itcc #uzkgpt
Die Uni Köln hat jetzt eine eigene KI!

Welche Ausbaustufen sind in näherer Zukunft geplant?

Die Weiterentwicklung von UzK:GPT schreitet kontinuierlich voran. Geplant sind unter anderem spezialisierte Modelle für das Programmieren. Auch wird in den kommenden Monaten eine Websuche integriert. Zudem schaffen neue leistungsstarke GPUs und CPUs die Grundlage für ein neues Ratelimit, sodass künftig mehr gleichzeitige Anfragen möglich sein werden.
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Last week, our #CRC1678 members gathered at KSI Siegburg for our annual retreat. We had three days of scientific exchange, lively discussions, community and real team spirit. Huge thanks to all PhDs, postdocs, and PIs for your energy and contributions!💬 💪 🧑‍🔬 💡 🎉
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Great two days at the #CRC1678 Summer School: Packed with hands‑on proteomics, RNA‑seq, and Machine Learning sessions, plus lots of energy from our early career researchers and trainers. Thanks to everyone who presented and took part in this!🧬
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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
💡 The hessenschau program tested longevity trends and asked CECAD speaker Björn Schumacher for his expert opinion. What’s science and what’s fiction?🔬 www.hessenschau.de/tv-sendung/se… #Longevity #Science #Health #Research
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Biochemistry Center Cologne @bccologne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Ina Huppertz @inahuppertz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So proud of my lab for their efforts to be more sustainable 🌱Thank you to all members of my group, the sustainability group @mpiage.bsky.social for making this possible, and a special thank you to Danae (in the picture), who coordinated everything in our group and got us there! 🎉🎉🎉
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Andreas Beyer Group @beyerlab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Apply now! This is a great opportunity for truly interdisciplinary research.
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Akis (Argyris) Papantonis @akispapantonis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Newest from the lab - and the only of our manuscripts since the introduction of bioRxiv that we did not preprint (it will become obvious why). "Targeting addiction to HMGB2-driven transcriptional programs in pancreatic cancer" A thread...
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MPI for Biology of Ageing @mpiage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚀 Applications now open for the CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories! We are thrilled to share the first call for applications for our new CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories. www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/career/postd...
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CECAD: Postdoc Academy
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Do you want to start your PhD at the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research in 2027? 🗓️ Don't miss our deadline: November 3, 2026. To help you get started with your application, our wonderful PhD students and faculty members have some tips for you in our short video. Enjoy! 🍿
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A big day for #CRC1678 and for Dr. Sarah Gehrlich from @riemerlab.bsky.social! Sarah defended her PhD today — the second completed dissertation in our consortium. We are incredibly proud of your achievement, your commitment, your curiosity, and your steady drive. Congratulations, Sarah! 🎉
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Another #CRC1678 study from @beyerlab.bsky.social shows that mutation susceptibility is largely invariant across tissues. Their models use 146 genomic features to predict mutation rates and uncover conserved chromatin and sequence‑context effects 🥳 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s130...
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Client Challenge
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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚀 Applications now open for the CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories! We are thrilled to share the first call for applications for our new CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories. Find all information here: uni.koeln/GJPU8
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Andreas Beyer Group @beyerlab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our paper on mutation susceptibility along the human genome is out! 📜🎉Big congrats to Corinna Schmalohr, Yashna Paul and Nina Bundschuh from the Beyer-lab 🌟🍾Susceptibility for mutations is remarkably similar across tissues #CRC1310 #CRC1678 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Determinants of mutation susceptibility along the genome are largely invariant across human tissues - Genome Biology
Background The propensity for accumulating somatic mutations varies along the genome, which critically influences somatic mosaicism, tumor evolution and the potential role of somatic mutations in the ...
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Andreas Beyer Group @beyerlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Paper out on single-cell damage scores.📜Quantify the damage of single podocytes or hepatocytes using their transcriptomes to study degenerative diseases. Big congrats to the Beyer-Lab members Tim Padvitski and Paula Unger 🍾🌟🎉 Thanks to all the fantastic collaborators! www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Cell-type-specific damage scores reveal kidney and liver disease trajectories in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Padvitski, Unger Avila, Chen et al. introduce a single-cell transcriptomic framework that quantifies progressive cellular damage across degenerative disease models. Applied to kidney and liver injury,...
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Universität zu Köln @unicologne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🔬Researchers @beyerlab.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social developed a method that enables damage to individual cells to be precisely quantified. It uses molecular markers and enables the detailed analysis of disease progression in individual tissue samples, such as a biopsy ➡️ uni.koeln/W5DU7
Mehrere blaue Zellen mit sichtbarem Zellkern schweben vor unscharfem blauem Hintergrund.
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 New study from #CRC1678 members @beyerlab.bsky.social and @muellerrom.bsky.social maps kidney and liver disease using cell‑type‑specific damage scores. PDS/HDS track cell injury and reveal circadian disruption and a MASLD/NASH threshold. 🍾🥳 👉 www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Cell-type-specific damage scores reveal kidney and liver disease trajectories in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Padvitski, Unger Avila, Chen et al. introduce a single-cell transcriptomic framework that quantifies progressive cellular damage across degenerative disease models. Applied to kidney and liver injury,...
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 New Brain paper from #CRC1678 member @ignatovalab.bsky.social shows that CMT‑YARS1 is driven by mutant TyrRS trapping tRNATyr, causing ribosome stalling and neuropathy. tRNATyr overexpression fully rescues neuropathy. Congratulations 🥳 👉 academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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Tyrosyl-tRNA sequestration triggers tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase-associated peripheral neuropathy
Mallik et al. discovered that peripheral neuropathy caused by mutations in YARS1 arises when mutant YARS1 protein sequesters a vital transfer RNA (tRNA), t
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Björn Schumacher @bjornschumacher.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🧬🧬🧬It’s all in your DNA: damage in the DNA accumulates and drives aging. Could mending damaged DNA prolong life? News featuring the DREAM master regulator of DNA repair today in @Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Could mending damaged DNA prolong life?
Inspired by long-lived animals — and human centenarians — researchers are hunting for ways to enhance DNA repair and extend healthspan.
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Trentini Lab @trentini-lab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Very happy to share that our work on the RQC-mediated degradation of CFTR is now published @embojournal.org! Interested in finding out what determines translation arrest during multipass membrane protein synthesis? Check it out 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Principles of ribosome-associated protein quality control during the synthesis of CFTR - The EMBO Journal
Prolonged translational arrests caused by defective mRNAs activate the ribosome-associated protein quality control (RQC) pathway, which marks harmful incomplete proteins for degradation. Multipass tra...
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🚀 Apply now for 12 fully funded PhD positions at the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research! Join us and start your PhD in an international community at the forefront of ageing research. 🧬🔬 🗓️ Deadline: November 3, 2026 Explore the projects & apply: www.ageing-grad-school.de 📣 Spread the word!
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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
CECAD Lecture on Telomeres & Aging! 🎤 Stephanie Panier & Jan Karlseder explain the role of telomeres in aging and age-related diseases. 🗓️ September 9, 2026, 6:30 PM 📍 Fritz Thyssen Foundation 🔗 www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/veranstaltun... #Science #Telomeres #Aging #Research
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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🚨Deadline is approaching! Don’t miss the Symposium for our White Space on September 2nd. 🎯If you want to participate, please let us know by August 9th at the latest, including a short outline of your research. Your full proposal documents have to be submitted by August 29th.
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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
📢 Update on Open Call for White Space 📅 To meet the deadline of the next ERC starting grant round we will organize a mini symposium on September 2nd, 2026 where you can introduce yourself to the CECAD community. Groups not funded by ERC are also welcome. Find all information here uni.koeln/LT8ZZ
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 New work from #CRC1678 member @riemerlab.bsky.social shows how ALR broadens IMS redox control, stabilizing CPOX to ensure efficient heme biosynthesis. Congrats to everyone involved 🥳 👉 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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ALR couples IMS redox and heme biosynthesis beyond the disulfide relay
CPOX is a direct substrate of the mitochondrial oxidase ALR, linking intermembrane space redox chemistry to heme biosynthesis.
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🎓 Excited to share that Anita Jopkiewicz, a member of the CGA Class of 2021 and Stephanie Panier's lab, successfully defended her PhD thesis! Anita, we are so happy for you and hope you’re enjoying this amazing feeling! 🎉💃 Wishing you all the very best as you embark on your next chapter. ✨
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Akis (Argyris) Papantonis @akispapantonis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Our latest is now out in @nataging.nature.com giving reason to celebrate! Led by talented Spiros Palikyras, it improves our preprint (posted 2 years ago!) dissecting the mechanism and functional consequences of CTCF clustering upon senescence commitment of human cells. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Senescent cells cluster CTCF on nuclear speckles to instruct an alternative splicing program - Nature Aging
Palikyras and colleagues investigate chromatin reorganization upon senescence induction, reporting that components of nuclear speckles coordinate chromatin rewiring and a senescence-associated splicin...
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Today is a truly special milestone for #CRC1678 and for Dr. Anita Jopkiewicz from the group of @spanier55.bsky.social. You have successfully defended your PhD and become the very first doctoral researcher in our consortium to complete her dissertation. We are so proud of you! Congratulations! 🎉
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FOR5762 @ru5762proteostasis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🚨 Excited to share a review by our #FOR5762 project leader @thevilchezlab.bsky.social. This highlights how multimodal approaches can better capture the complexity of human aging. Great work by @sedakoyuncu.bsky.social and Dunja Petrovic! #MultiOmics #AgingResearch www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Bridging omics and physiology to build multimodal clocks of human aging
Human aging is a heterogeneous, multi-system process that spans molecular, tissue, and physiological decline. In this issue of Cell, Li et al. integrate clinical data, multi-omics, and organ-associate...
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
💡🌍 New CGA Facts! Starting your PhD at CGA? Our CGA Buddy Programme connects new students with experienced CGA students before they even arrive in Cologne and helps to make the transition much easier. More info: 🔗 www.ageing-grad-school.de/phd/buddy-pr...
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 New Cell preview from #CRC1678 lab led by @thevilchezlab.bsky.social highlights a powerful multimodal framework for quantifying human aging. Congratulations to everyone involved 🥳
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚴 City Cycling 2026 – Thank you for riding with us! Great effort from the #CRC1678 team this year! Together with the University Hospital Cologne team, we reached 2nd place across the city. Thanks to everyone who joined the ride and supported a healthier, more sustainable future 🌿💙
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Roman-Ulrich Müller @muellerrom.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Interested in working on RNA-biology in human disease? We can offer a PhD student position in a great team. Looking into RNA-modifications as a driver of polycystic kidney disease together with @landthalerm.bsky.social www.jobvector.de/job/phd-stud...
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PhD Student*in (m/w/d) | Job in Düsseldorf
Conducting innovative research in line with the above-mentioned project. Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data using various OMICs techniques. Conducting in vitro and in vivo experiments. Colla...
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Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
⏰ There's still time to apply! Start your Master's in Biology or Biochemistry at the University of Cologne with the CGA Master Fellowship Programme and join our vibrant ageing research community. Apply by July 15! 🎬 Watch our short video to learn more. 🔗 www.ageing-grad-school.de/master/maste...
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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We welcomed 14 high school students from the "Girls for Innovation" program! 🎓🌟 Through excursions like this, they learn about study opportunities and meet role models. 🏛️💡 We hope to have inspired them! 🔍🧪 What inspired you to pursue a career in science? 💭 #WomenInSTEM #EmpoweringWomen
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CRC1218 @crc1218.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚴City Cycling 2026 – Mission accomplished! Congrats to the mitoCRC team, especially Robert Düster and Alex Kaczmarek, our top riders! As part of the University Hospital team we finished second in all of Cologne 💪 Thanks to everyone who pedaled with us towards a healthier & more sustainable future🌍
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It's #Diversity Week at @unicologne.bsky.social! To spotlight the fantastic women in science within #CRC1678, we've set up a small gallery at the @cecad.bsky.social entrance: posters with personal profiles, motivations, and research stories. Check them out and meet the women behind our science! 👩‍🔬🌍🫶🔬
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨Speaker Alert!🚨 We’re excited to welcome Gunter Meister to our upcoming #CRC1678 Seminar 🧬From tRNA modifications to microproteins: non-coding and coding regulation of mitochondrial activity 📅 July 1 📍CECAD Lecture Hall ⏰ 2 PM Dive into the RNA‑driven mechanisms that control mitochondrial activity!
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It was a pleasure to have you here!
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The #CRC1678 Summer Symposium is underway! A day of exciting talks from CRC members and guest speakers @lapassmore.bsky.social, Joshua Arribere and @pelechanolab.bsky.social, bringing together perspectives on mRNA and protein biosynthesis fidelity, aging, and cellular stress responses! 🧪🧬🧫
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CRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🎉 Congratulations to our #CRC1678 project leader Paola Picotti @picottilab.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Otto Naegeli Prize! Her pioneering LiP‑MS work is transforming how we study protein structure and neurodegeneration.🧪⚗️🧫
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Universität zu Köln @unicologne.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚴‍♂️🌍 STADTRADELN 2026: Jetzt mitmachen! Vom 10. bis 30. Juni 2026 ist es wieder soweit: Köln nimmt an der deutschlandweiten Klimaschutzaktion STADTRADELN teil! Für den Klimaschutz. 🌱 📲🚴‍♀️ Mehr dazu 🔗 uni.koeln/9CXJ2 Bild: Stadt Köln #UniKöln #UniCologne #Stadtradeln #Klimaschutz #Köln
Drei radelnde Personen mit Helmen auf einem Waldweg, oben Schrift „STADTRADELN“, unten Datum „10.–30. Juni 2026“.
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